abstract：:Rising healthcare costs and increasing demands for health care require techniques to choose between competing uses and even rationing of health care. Economic evaluations and health technology assessments are increasingly a means to assess the cost effectiveness of healthcare interventions so as to inform such resourc...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Murphy A,McElnea E,Byrne S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the association between appearance of dissociated optic nerve fiber layer (DONFL) after internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and changes in the macular nerve fiber layer (NFL) area by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:This study included 132 consecutive patients who h...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kim YJ,Lee KS,Joe SG,Kim JG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Preoperative and postoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) of macular pathologies can be regarded as the gold standard diagnostic technique, providing detailed information on the microstructures of the macula for planning the surgical procedure and comparing improvements after surgery in the follow-up pe...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Leisser C,Hirnschall N,Hackl C,Döller B,Varsits R,Findl O

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the role of risk factors for amblyopia, such as family history and neonatal background, for the prediction of either strabismic amblyopia or refractive amblyopia. METHODS:In this retrospective case-control model, the study population included all children born at the Hospital de Braga during 1997-201...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Guimaraes S,Vieira M,Queirós T,Soares A,Costa P,Silva E

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a case of rubella retinopathy complicated by bilateral choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and late development of large choroidal excavation (LCE). METHODS:A 19-year-old woman with a diagnosis of rubella retinopathy underwent her annual ophthalmologic examination, including visual acuity testing an...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Parodi MB,Romano F,Montagna M,Bandello F

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations in the ABCA4 gene result in a broad spectrum of severe retinal degeneration, including Stargardt macular dystrophy, fundus flavimaculatus, autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa, and cone-rod dystrophy. In addition to the detection of well-characterized mutations, genetic testing frequently yields n...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wangtiraumnuay N,Capasso J,Tsukikawa M,Levin A,Biswas-Fiss E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the safety and efficacy of hybrid vitreous surgery combining active 23-G ports with a sutured 20-G 6-mm infusion cannula for performing vitrectomy in endophthalmitis and trauma. METHODS:This is a retrospective analysis of 10 eyes with endophthalmitis and 10 eyes with trauma requiring vitreous surgery...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Shroff D,Gupta P,Gupta C,Atri N,Dutta R,Shroff C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the long-term visual outcomes and risk factors for visual loss in children with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) who underwent angle surgery over a 21-year period. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of patients who underwent trabeculotomy, trabeculectomy, or combined trabeculotomy-trabeculect...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yassin SA

更新日期：2017-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of sealed implantation, a simple technique for implanting foldable intraocular lenses (IOLs). METHODS:This was a retrospective study including consecutive patients who underwent phacoemulsification cataract using the sealed implantation technique. Sealed implantation is a te...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nath D,Blumenthal EZ,Sharma M,Mimouni M

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a new technique for remnant removal in cases of posterior capsular rupture during cataract surgery and Soemmering ring extraction during intraocular lens (IOL) removal. METHODS:An IOL injector, inserted into the anterior chamber, provides a new exit for residual lens fragments. Passive fluid flow, ...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yamakawa M,Kusaka M,Yamada S,Akimoto M

更新日期：2017-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare 4 limbal-conjunctival autograft fixation techniques-conventional suture, commercial fibrin glue, autologous fibrin glue, and cautery-in primary nasal pterygium surgery. METHODS:This is a retrospective and descriptive study. The postoperative patient discomfort, graft edema, ocular inflammation, and ...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mejía LF,Santamaría JP,Cuevas M,Córdoba A,Carvajal SA

更新日期：2017-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the early neurodegenerative changes of inner retina and choroid in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients without retinopathy and with early-stage retinopathy. METHODS:In this observational cross-sectional study, 90 right eyes of 90 naive type 1 and 2 diabetic patients without diabetic retinopathy ...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Pierro L,Iuliano L,Cicinelli MV,Casalino G,Bandello F

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the changes in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT), ganglion cell layer thickness (GCLT), retinal thickness (RT), and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) in eyes that received pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling for idiopathic macular hole (IMH) and to ...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bardak H,Gunay M,Bardak Y,Ercalik Y

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a new surgical technique to effectively close large (>180 degrees) cyclodialysis clefts. METHODS:Our method involves the use of procedures commonly associated with repair of retinal detachment and complex cataract extraction: phacoemulsification with placement of a capsular tension ring followed by...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gross JB,Davis GH,Bell NP,Feldman RM,Blieden LS

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To conduct an observational, multicenter study to evaluate real-world clinical efficacy and safety of the 0.2 µg/day fluocinolone acetonide (FAc) implant in the treatment of patients with chronic diabetic macular edema (DME) in 3 large hospital ophthalmology departments in the United Kingdom. METHODS:Fluocinol...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： El-Ghrably I,Steel DHW,Habib M,Vaideanu-Collins D,Manvikar S,Hillier RJ

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of astigmatism axis on uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) in emmetropic eyes that underwent laser refractive surgery. METHODS:This retrospective study included patients who underwent laser in situ keratomileusis or photorefractive keratectomy between January 2000 and December 2015...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mimouni M,Nemet A,Pokroy R,Sela T,Munzer G,Kaiserman I

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate optical coherence tomography (OCT) modifications of outer retinal layers as determinants for functional recovery after surgery for idiopathic macular hole (IMH). METHODS:This prospective study included 23 eyes of 23 consecutive patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery for IMH. We excluded patie...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Caprani SM,Donati S,Bartalena L,Vinciguerra R,Mariotti C,Testa F,Porta G,Azzolini C

更新日期：2017-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of switching from bevacizumab to ranibizumab in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME). METHODS:This was a retrospective study of patients with DME initially treated with bevacizumab and switched to ranibizumab. Visual acuity (VA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) were retrieved ...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Katz G,Moisseiev E,Goldenberg D,Moisseiev J,Lomnicky Y,Abend Y,Treister G,Levkovitch-Verbin H

更新日期：2017-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report on the presence of 4 different structures visualized by confocal microscopy in patients whose clinical presentation suggested infection by Acanthamoeba. METHODS:Data and charts of 28 consecutive patients were analyzed in a retrospective study. Four types of structures were recognized by confocal micr...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Füst Á,Tóth J,Simon G,Imre L,Nagy ZZ

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the intraoperative vaulting in patients undergoing implantable collamer lens (ICL) implantation with microscope-integrated intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT) and correlate it with the postoperative vaulting. METHODS:Forty eyes of 22 consecutive patients undergoing ICL implantation wer...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Titiyal JS,Kaur M,Sahu S,Sharma N,Sinha R

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a real-life experience with the Argus II retinal prosthesis system in blind patients with end-stage retinitis pigmentosa (RP) or choroideremia (CHM), focusing on the pivotal role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in both preoperative and postoperative management. METHODS:This hospital-based case ...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Parmeggiani F,De Nadai K,Piovan A,Binotto A,Zamengo S,Chizzolini M

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Handheld laser pointer thermal injury affects primarily the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). However, so far no study has reported on the possible effects of laser pointers in the deeper layers, beneath the RPE. Here, we describe the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography angiography findings in the chor...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tomasso L,Benatti L,La Spina C,Lattanzio R,Baldin G,Carnevali A,De Vitis LA,Querques L,Bandello F,Querques G

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the effect of deep sclerectomy (DS) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and exfoliative glaucoma (EXG). METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effect of DS in 235 consecutive eyes. Eyes were divided into 2 groups according to glaucoma subtype: POAG (127 eyes) and...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Suominen SM,Harju MP,Vesti ET

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the low mesopic contrast sensitivity function (LMCSF) of patients implanted with different modern optical bifocal and trifocal designs of multifocal intraocular lenses (mfIOLs). METHODS:This prospective, comparative, nonrandomized consecutive case series included 180 eyes that underwent cataract...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Plaza-Puche AB,Alio JL,Sala E,Mojzis P

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare rod function among diabetic patients without and with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR) and healthy controls by means of scotopic microperimetry and dark-adapted electroretinography. METHODS:Sixty-one diabetic patients and 30 age-matched controls (control group) underwent complete opht...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Longhin E,Tormene AP,Olivato E,Convento E,Vujosevic S,Pilotto E,Kotsafti O,Midena E

更新日期：2016-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a case of multiorganism, drug-resistant keratitis that responded well to corneal crosslinking (CXL) treatment. METHODS:A 52-year-old man presented to our institute with a 2-month ocular history of infectious keratitis in his right eye, on topical antibacterial, antifungal, and antiprotozoan treatme...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kymionis GD,Kouroupaki AI,Liakopoulos DA,Arandjelovic IR,Tsoulnaras KI

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate rotational stability, astigmatism correction, visual outcomes, and patient satisfaction after implantation of the toric intraocular lens (IOL) Torica-aA following cataract extraction over a 6-month follow-up period. METHODS:This prospective observational study enrolled 40 eyes of 26 patients presen...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gyöngyössy B,Jirak P,Schönherr U

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Disturbed peripapillary microcirculation may have a role in the development of glaucoma. Recently, using noninvasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography with the AngioVue OCT (Optovue Inc., -Fremont, CA, USA), reduced peripapillary vessel density was found in glaucoma. In this case series, we investi...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Holló G

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Intravitreal implantation of dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) is being widely used for the treatment of macular edema (ME) after branch or central retinal vein occlusion, diabetic ME, and persistent ME associated with uveitis or Irvine-Gass syndrome. We describe a complication: migration of the dexamethasone im...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Stepanov A,Codenotti M,Ramoni A,Prati M,Jiraskova N,Rozsival P,Bandello F

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To emphasize and create awareness of the possibility of inadvertently grafting an inverted corneal button and describe 4 cases that showed this phenomenon on human donor corneas during preservation and transportation from an eye bank. METHODS:Three out of 4 tissues showed inadvertent inversion during transport...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Parekh M,Ruzza A,Elbadawy H,Ferrari S,Salvalaio G,Camposampiero D,Ponzin D

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the difference in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at presentation between the first and second eye in patients with bilateral neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS:We reviewed the charts of all patients who had a clinical examination for neovascular AMD at the University Eye...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Chevreaud O,Semoun O,Blanco-Garavito R,Kamami-Levy C,Merle B,Jung C,Querques G,Souied EH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To illustrate the successful outcome of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with melphalan irrigation for vitreous hemorrhage (VH) with suspected viable retinoblastoma. Despite the high risk of intraocular surgery, it was performed to preserve the only potentially seeing eye with treated retinoblastoma. METHODS:Vitreo...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Yarovoy AA,Ushakova TL,Gorshkov IM,Polyakov VG,Golubeva OV,Gorovtsova OV,Krivovyaz OS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of extreme corneal flattening after initially uneventful Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK). METHODS:A 76-year-old man underwent uneventful DSEK for pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK) in his left eye. Postoperative evaluations were performed using anterior segment optical c...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fernández-López E,Miron A,Pogorelova S,Oganesyan O,Baydoun L,Melles GR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the long-term clinical course of patients with low-pressure glaucoma (LPG) and to assess the risk factors for disease progression. METHODS:The Wills Eye Glaucoma Research Center retrospectively reviewed the charts of LPG patients with documented follow-up of >8 years between 2000 and 2013. Medical ...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Erdem E,Williams A,Kuchar SD,Waisbourd M,Spaeth GL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) features observed in a case of typical retinocytoma. METHODS:Case report. RESULTS:A 17-year-old girl on routine ophthalmologic evaluation for headache had an elevated translucent lesion with peripheral pigmentation ...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Malhotra PP,Bhushan B,Mitra A,Sen A

更新日期：2015-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate choroidal thickness, macular thickness, and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in amblyopic eyes compared to fellow and normal control eyes using high-definition spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS:Fifty-four without any systemic problem and ocular d...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kantarci FA,Tatar MG,Uslu H,Colak HN,Yildirim A,Goker H,Gurler B

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study sex differences in corneal biomechanical parameters in Egypt as regards to corneal hysteresis (CH), corneal resistance factor (CRF), Goldmann-correlated intraocular pressure (IOPg), and corneal-compensated intraocular pressure (IOPcc). METHODS:This is a cross-sectional observational study that include...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Allam RS,Khalil NM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cystoid macular edema (CME) is a severe complication and a major cause of visual loss in patients with intraocular infection. In this type of CME, therapeutic strategies remain controversial. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of interferon (IFN)-α2a in cystoid macular edema caused by intraoc...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Qian Z,Fardeau C,Cardoso JN,Jellab B,Fan X,LeHoang P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report a case of presumed bilateral acute retinal necrosis with delayed onset caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, medical treatment, and surgical approach. METHODS:Retrospective, interventional case described in a 51-year-old patient who complained of unilateral blurred vision with history of nonoperated...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Navarro-Navarro A,Martinez-Toldos JJ,Tarazona-Jaimes CP,Fernandez-Martinez C,Baeza-Diaz MV

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a new technique to split the lens nucleus inside the capsular bag, using a novel pair of instruments. METHODS:Two identical instruments are employed on the horizontal axis to promote nuclear splitting into 2 or more fragments. Each instrument has a portion that functions as a hook (H); an anterior ...

journal_title：European journal of ophthalmology

authors： Jacobovitz S,Roitberg M,Massote V,Martins B,Vasconcelos-Santos DV

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00